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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I've read a fair number of Bart Ehrman's books (interesting stuff), so I don't think it was from there.
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Erhman teaches here at UNC-Chapel Hill where I've lived since 1999. My wife was a religious studies major and he nearly destroyed the department when he was chair. My wife had to switch majors because so many professors in her field left during his time. He is, a phenomenal writer and a decent orator, but he is just not a pleasant person AT ALL. He used to get a great deal of glee from getting 18 and 19-year-old freshman to question their lifetimes of belief. That always bothered me when I was a professor.
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I think I really like Arthur C. Clarke's philosophy and I apply it to my reading:
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In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - no fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possibly have the same lasting value.
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So I may not be well read in the sense that I read broadly enough to encompass everything (you'll never catch me with YA or romance), but if I am learning from or loving what I am reading, I am content.